Tag: News media
Florida sued over law to ban social media content blocking
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two groups representing online companies sued Florida on Thursday over a new law that seeks to punish large social media businesses...
Alden puts its stamp on Tribune with new debt and leadership
Hedge fund Alden Global Capital closed its deal for Tribune on Monday. It wasted little time installing new leadership and saddling the newspaper chain...
Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
TOKYO — Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less...
EU beefs up disinformation code to prevent digital ad profit
LONDON — European Union officials unveiled plans Wednesday to beef up the bloc's code of practice on online disinformation, with the aim of preventing...
Tenure for slavery project journalist back to UNC trustees
RALEIGH, N.C. — The offer of a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has been resubmitted to the board of trustees at a...
100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, still toting the damage
TULSA, Okla. — On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Biden calls Belarus plane diversion an ‘outrageous incident’
President Joe Biden on Monday said the forced diversion by Belarus of a commercial passenger jet so it could arrest an opposition journalist was...
Report says UK Conservatives seen as insensitive to Muslims
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson helped create an impression that his Conservative Party is “insensitive” to Muslims with a newspaper column comparing veil-wearing...
Israel media urge Twitter, Facebook to stop anti-press hate
JERUSALEM — Major Israeli news outlets Tuesday called on Facebook and Twitter to halt what they said were social media posts inciting violence against...
Triumph of the unhip: ‘NCIS’ tops TV, streaming rankings
NEW YORK — The Nielsen company's latest rankings of popular television and streaming shows have one thing in common — “NCIS” at the top.
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